DemDaily: The Top Ten
August 26th 2016
Republicans currently control the US House of Representatives - 247 seats to the Democrats' 186 (two vacancies in Pennsylvania 2nd CD and Hawaii 1st CD).
Despite a positive shift in the numbers, Democrats face a daunting challenge - they must win 30 GOP seats to take back the House.
The average cost of a winning Congressional campaign in 2012 was $1.6 Million, a 344% increase over the cost 25 years ago.
This pales, however, in comparison to to the amounts outside groups are spending on top House races.
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State
|
Cong
District
|
Candidates
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Campaign Spending |
Outside Spending
|
Presidential/ Projected**
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| Colorado | 6 | Mike Coffman* (R) vs Morgan Carroll (D) | $1,196,894 | $11,385,000 | Lean Clinton |
| Nevada | 3 | Danny Tarkanian (R) vs Jacky Rosen (D) | $1,076,446 | $11,186,000 | Lean Clinton |
| Florida | 26 | Carlos Curbelo* (R) vs Democrat TBD | $2,036,915 | $10,244,000 | Tossup |
| Nevada | 4 | Cresent Hardy* (R) vs Ruben Kihuen (D) | $1,428,784 | $8,833,000 | Lean Clinton |
| Minnesota | 8 | Rick Nolan* (D) vs Stewart Mills (R) | $1,740,227 | $8,674,000 | Likely Clinton |
| Illinois | 10 | Bob Dold* (R) vs Brad Schneider (D) | $3,671,065 | $6,268,000 | Likely Clinton |
| Nebraska | 2 | Brad Ashford* (D) vs Don Bacon (R) | $973,307 | $6,162,000 | Lean Trump |
| Maine | 2 | Bruce Poliquin* (R) vs Emily Cain (D) | $1,036,093 | $5,894,000 | Lean Clinton |
| Virginia | 10 | Barbara Comstock* (R) vs LuAnn Bennett (D) | $1,365,236 | $4,899,000 | Lean Clinton |
| New Hampshire | 1 | Republican TBD vs Carol Shea-Porter | $1,768,646 | $4,856,000 | Lean Clinton |
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**Based on polling averages compiled by RealClearPolitics and FiveThirtyEight
For more information on the Top Ten, check out The Hill.
Stay tuned for the Top Senate races - coming soon!
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